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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Antonia: Prereading Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What makes a place safe? What makes a setting effective? Explore the safe spaces and descriptive language with a prereading activity for Willa Cather's My Antonia. The teacher describes his or her own safe space and then prompts pupils...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Antonia: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Willa Cather's novel My Antonia is full of vivid imagery. Encourage your pupils to visualize and translate images from the text into original writing with this guided imagery activity. Learners listen to an excerpt, take a moment to...
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Organizer
Curated OER

My Antonia: Story Grammar

For Students 9th - 12th
Pupils can write down all of the major plot elements of My Antonia by Willa Cather on this straightforward worksheet. Learners note down themes, characters, the chain of events, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Included in this resource are a variety of activities to do while reading Willa Cather's My Antonia. The activities, which range from mapping out Nebraska to writing activities about pioneer living, are all designed with one guiding...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Antonia: Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Making predictions is an important skill that experienced readers tap into when tackling a difficult text. Prepare your pupils to read My Antonia by Willa Cather with an initial prediction activity and this anticipation guide, which...
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Study Guide
Penguin Books

A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of Willa Cather's My Ántonia

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Willa Cather's My Antonia might seem like a hard sell for today's teen readers. Rather than dramatic plot twists, trysts, and terrors, the novel celebrates the pioneer spirit that lead immigrants to a small Nebraska town. The Signet...
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

My Antonia by Willa Cather: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Willa Cather's My Antonia. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "My Antonia" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Before delving into "My Antonia," check out a biography of author Willa Cather, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming and answer...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to My Antonia [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ideas for post-reading activities, handy chapter summaries and a brief biography of Cather are some of the features of this four page .pdf document.
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Other

Reading Group Guides: My Intonia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a reading group guide for the book, "My Antonia," by Willa Cather. Students will benefit from the discussion questions listed in this resource.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: My Antonia

For Students 9th - 10th
This story about an immigrant girl growing up in the American West is analysed in detail in this informative site. Read about the characters and themes and find out about important quotations in the novel.
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Unit Plan
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "My Antonia" Teachers' Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Background information, teaching ideas, suggested activities, vocabulary and reading assignments with questions make up this Random House Teachers' Guide.